TIBET: Fighting in the Dark

To General Chang Kuo-hua, the Red Chinese
commander in Tibet, the coming of spring promised revenge for the
indignities of winter. He was no longer tied down by the bitter weather
and snow-clogged roads, forced to submit to the fierce hit-and-run
raids of the rebellious Khamba tribesmen (TIME, March 16). Now he got
word that 25,000 Khambas were concentrated only 40 miles north of the
capital city of Lhasa. The tribesmen were supported by 8,000 Buddhist
monks who, after the Reds looted their monasteries, traded prayer
wheels for guns.